Shipping-box.



No. 632,345.. Patented'Sept. 5, |899. D. C. FENLASN.

SHIPPING BOX.

(Application led Dec. 2, 1898.) (No Modal.) 2 Sheets-Sheet |l 40% 4flc.. '4

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0. C. FEN'LASUN.

SHIPPING BOX.

(Application. filed Dac. 2, 1898.)

Patented Sept. 5, [899.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2,

'a wall-panel for shipping-boxes, dac., wherein NrrnD fS'm'irns'` ORIN C. FENLASON, OF HQQUIAM, WASHINGTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 632,345, dated September 5, 1899. p

Application led December 2, 1898.

To all whom t may concern.- l

Be it known that I, ORIN C. FENLAsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hoquiam, in the county of Ohehalis and State of .Washington, have invented a new and useful Shipping-Box, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to shipping-boxes and similar receptacles, and particularly to an improved construction of panel, of which a number may be assembled -in the construction of receptacles of the class named.

The particular object in viewis to provide a filling of veneer is employed in connection with a marginal frame in which the edges of the filling are so seated as to receive the outward strain due to the expansive pressure'of the contents of the receptacle and also to strengthen or brace said filling against splitting, warping, or otherwise becoming distorted or injured in use.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims. y

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a wall-panel constructed in accordance with my invention. Figs. 2 and 3 are detail sections of portions-of the panel respectively on the planes indicated by the lines 2 A2 and 3 3 of Fig. 1. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views in perspective respectively of side and end marginal strips. Fig. 6 is a view ofone form of box or shipping-receptacle made up of wall-panels constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 7 is a similar view of another form of box or shipping-receptacle made up of wall-panels constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 8 is a detail sectional view of a portion of one of the wallpanels shown in Fig. 7, said section being taken in the plane 'indicated by the line 8 8 of Fig. 7.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the' figures of the drawings. v i

The improved wall-panel for shipping-boxes comprises marginal side and end strips 10 and 11, arranged in a common plane or with their opposite surfaces flush, and a cross-sec- Serial No. 698,087. (No model.)

tionally thin filling 12, of veneer or equivalent material, of which the side and end edges are seated, respectively, in the side and endmarginal strips, with its inner surface flush with out those edges.

In the preferred construction of my panel I connect the marginal strips at the corners of the frame in which the iilling is seated by forming the extremity of one strip with a tongue 13 of reduced thickness to fit in a kerf or bifurcation 14 in the extremity of the adjoining marginal strip, any suitable means for preventing accidental displacement or disconnection of the elements being used, when required, under certain conditions of application, but such accidental disarrangement or disconnection under ordinary conditions of use being prevented by a specic relation between the marginal strips and the filling element, as hereinafterdescribed. The side strips, or those which are located, preferably,

'at the end of the grain of the filling element,

and hence transverse to said grain, are provided in their corresponding surfaces with seats 15 for the marginal portions of the 'iilling element, said seats at their outer sides being closed by walls 16, which are undercut or beveled to receive the correspondinglybeveled edge portions 17 of the iilling element. Also rising from the floor of the seat 15,at an intermediate point in the width thereof and extending longitudinally from one end of the strip to the other, is a rib 18, preferably having its sides arranged perpendicular to the floor of the seat 15 and with its outer surface parallel with said fioor and at an interval therefrom which is approximately equal to one-half the thickness of the veneer iilling 12, said rib being adapted to t in a groove 19, formed in the marginal portion of the filling element, on a line transverse to the grain, and hence parallel with the beveled edge 17. As'above indicated, the rib 18 is arranged at an intermediate point of the width of the seat 15, or, in other words, it is spaced outward from the inner edge surface of the strip to form a bearing-ledge 20, and hence IOO that surface of the filling element which is toward the strip bears at opposite sides of the rib 18 upon the floor of the body portion of the seat 15 and also upon said ledge 20. The engagement of the grooves of the lling element with the ribs rising from the floors of the seats 15 locks the side marginal strips 10 against outward displacement, and hence from terminal disengagement from the end strips 11, while the beveled edge portions of said filling element by engagement with the undercut walls at the outer sides of said seats 15 prevent the disengagement of said grooves 19 from the ribs, and hence prevent displacement of the filling element with relation to the side strips. The end strips 11 are rabbeted to form seats 2l, of which the fioors are flush with the fioors of the seats 15, while the surfaces of the body portions of said end strips are flush with the exposed surface of the filling element.

In assembling the parts of the panel the side strips 10, or those strips which are disposed transversely to the grain of the lling element, are rst applied in angular positions to enable the beveled edges 17 to pass into the seats 15 under the overhanging walls 16, after which said strips l0 are turned to arrange their inner and outer surfaces parallel with the filling element, and thus swing the ribs 18 into the grooves 19 and bring the fioors of the seats 15, with their extensions forming the ledges 20, into contact with the adjacent surface of the filling element. Subsequently the extremities of the end strips 1l, which are arranged parallel with the grain of the filling element, are terminally interlocked with the strips 10 to hold the latter in their last-named or normal positions. This interlocking connection between the elements of the wallpanel serves to maintain said elements in their normal positions under ordinary circumstances without the use of fastening means, such as screws or nails, intersecting or engaging the interlocked extremities of the marginal strips; but it will be understood that I may employ fastening devices, such as nails 22, which are shown in engagement with the interlocked extremities of the marginal strips in Fig. 6, wherein is shown one form of packing-box or receptacle formed of wall-panels constructed in accordance with myinvention. In said Fig. 6 the side and end wall-panels are arranged to abut, the end panels, or those which are arranged at the extremities of the longitudinal diameter of the receptacle, being interposed between the extremities of the side panels and secured in place by means of nails or other fastening devices 23, driven through the end marginal strips of the side panels into the corresponding adjacent marginal strips of the end panels. Vhen the elements of the box are assembled, the filling elements are disposed inwardly to form a flush or smooth inner surface of box, and hence outward strain upon the filling elements causes the pressure of the marginal portions of said lling elements against the frame elements, and thereby insures the retention of the parts in the desired positions, particularly in View of the interlocking connection between the marginal portions of the filling elements at the ends of the grain with the side marginal strips, such interlocking connection preventing the warping of the cross-sectionally thin material employed for the filling. In the construction illustrated in Fig. 6 the bottom 24, which may be cleated, as shown at 25, is coextensive with the area of the box measured to the exterior surfaces of the marginal strips of the wall-panels, and the top or cover 26 is of a construction identical with the walls, this member also being coextensive with the box, the filling element being disposed inwardly, as described in connection with thc wall members.

In Fig. 7 I have illustrated a different arrangement of the wall-panels and also a slightly-different construction of those panels, wherein the retaining-strips 11, which are employed to maintain the grain-intersecting elements 10 of the preferred construction of panel, are omittted. Referring to said Fig. 7, the opposite parallel marginal strips 10 correspond in construction with the strips 10 (shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4) in that they are provided, as shown particularly in Fig. 8, with seats 15a, having undercut outer walls 16, ribs 18, and inner ledges 20a, the filling element 12L being provided with beveled edges 17a and grooves 19a, intersecting the grain of the filling element, said beveled edges and grooves being respectively adapted to engage the wall 16 and the rib 1S, In this modified construction, however, the means for retaining the grain -intersecting strips 10a in their normal positions with relation to the plane of the filling element consist of the interlocking elements of the adjoining wall-panels. For instance, the opposite upper and lower marginal strips 101L of adjoining wall-panels are extended beyond the adjacent edges of the filling elements and are interlocked by providing one of the adjacent strips with a terminal tongue 13CL to engage the bifurcated or kerfed extremity 14 of the adjacent marginal strip, twisting or rolling of said strips with relation to the filling elements being thereby prevented and relative displacement of the strips being prevented by means of intersecting fastening devices, such as pins or nails 27. Also in the construction illustrated in Fig. 7 the side wall-panels are extended slightly above the plane of one of the upper end wall-strips to form a guide 28, which is grooved, as shown at 29, to receive the side edges of a coverpanel 30, which may be slid into place parallel with the side walls and is protected from contact with adjacent objects by means of the projecting portions ofsaid extensions 28.

` Also the upper marginal strip of one of the IOO end wall-panels is extended and is grooved, as shown at 3l, to receive the adjacent end edge of the cover-panel.

From the above description it will be seen that the wall-panel embodying my invention in its simpliest form consists of a filling element of veneer or other thin fiat material, opposite parallel marginal strips arranged to intersect or disposed transversely to the grain of the filling element, said filling element having a marginal bearing upon said strips and also having an interlocking connection therewith to prevent outward and inward displacement of the filling element and also the separation of the strips in a direction parallel with the plane of the filling element, together with retaining means engaged with said opposite grain-intersecting strips for preventing the rolling or turning of said strips with' relation to the filling element, and hence to prevent the disengagement of the interlocked surfaces of said strips and the filling element.

It will be understood7 furthermore, that whereas in the drawings I have illustrated but two forms of box or receptacle made up of wall-panels constructed in accordance with my invention other forms of receptacles may be made up of similar panels arranged in different relations and that various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having described my invention, what I claim isl. A wall-panel for receptacles, comprising oppositely-disposed marginal strips, a channel leading from the inner edge of each of said strips outwardly and terminating in abeveled wall, a rib lying longitudinally of the base of said channel intermediate its edges and resulting in the formation of a seat at each side thereof, and a filling adapted to lie in the seats at both sides of the rib having opposite edges beveled to correspond with the `bevel of the wall of each channel, and transverse slots adapted to receive said ribs when said beveled portions are in engagement and permit en-y gagement of the filling with said seats.

2. A wall-panel for receptacles, comprising oppositely-disposed elements each having a channel leading from its inner edge outwardly and terminating in a beveled wall, a rib intermediate the beveled wall and the inner edge of the element and resulting in the formation of two separate seats, a filling having opposite ends beveled to correspond with the bevels of said walls andprovided with slots adapted to receive the ribs when the beveled portions are engaged, additional oppositelydisposed strips connected at their ends with their respective first-named strips and having channels extending from their inner edges outwardly in the plane of the rst-named channels and adapted to receive the adjacent edges of the filling.

3. A receptacle comprising a marginal strip having a channel extending from its inner edge outwardly and terminating in a beveled wall, a rib intermediate the inner edge of the strip and the beveled wall resulting in the formation of a seat at each side of the rib, a filling having a beveled edge corresponding to the bevel of said wall and provided with a slot adapted to receive said rib when the beveled surfaces are engaged and permit the filling to lie in said seats, a slot in said marginal strip intermediate the channel and the outer edge of the strip, and a filling having its edge seated in said slot.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

. ORIN C. FENLASON. v

Witnesses: i

JOHN H. SIGGERS, JAMES M. WALKER. 

